JULY 1769 NATIVE BOATS 115 
came on apace, but Dr. Solander and I walked along shore 
a little way, and saw an Hwharre no Eatua, the under part of 
which was lined with a row of jaw-bones. These, we were 
told, were also those of Ulhietea men. We saw also cocoa- 
nut trees, the stems of which were hung round with nuts, 
so that no part could be seen; these, we were told, were 
put there to dry a little, and be prepared for making poe. 
A tree of Ficus prolixa was in great perfection; the trunk, 
or rather congeries of small roots, being forty-two paces in 
circumference. 
21st. Dr. Solander and I walked out this morning and 
saw many boat-houses like that described at Huahine 
(p. 111); on these the inhabitants were at work, making 
and repairing the large canoes called by them Pahie, at 
which business they worked with incredible cleverness, 
although their tools were as bad as possible. I will first 
give the description and dimensions of one of their boats, 
and then their method of building. Her extreme length 
from stem to stern, not reckoning the bending up of both 
those parts, 51 feet; breadth in the clear at the top forward, 
14 inches, amidships 18, aft 15; in the bilge forward 32 
inches, amidships 35, aft 33; depth amidships, 3 feet 4 
inches; height above the ground, 3 feet 6 inches; her head 
raised, without the figure, 11 inches; her stern, 8 feet 9 
inches; the figure, 2 feet. Alongside of her was lashed 
another like her in all respects, but smaller in proportion, 
being only 33 feet in her extreme length. The form of 
these canoes can be better shown by a drawing than by 
any description; the annexed may 
serve to give some idea of a sec- 
tion: aa is the first seam, D6 the 
second, ce the third. The first 
stage, or keel under aa, is made 
of trees hollowed out like a 
trough. For this purpose they 
choose the longest trees they can find, so that two or three 
form the bottom of their largest boat (some of which are 
much larger than that described here, as I make a rule to 
